Rhopalonematidae
| Rhopalonematidae | |
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| Crossota sp. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Subkingdom: | Eumetazoa |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Subphylum: | Medusozoa |
| Class: | Hydrozoa |
| Subclass: | Trachylinae |
| Order: | Trachymedusae |
| Family: | Rhopalonematidae Russell, 1953 |
| Genera | |
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The Rhopalonematidae are a family of jellyfish in the order Trachymedusae. The family comprises 16 genera and about 35 species.
Genera
- Aglantha
- Aglaura
- Amphogona
- Arctapodema
- Benthocodon
- Colobonema
- Crossota
- Pantachogon
- Persa
- Ransonia
- Rhopalonema
- Sminthea
- Tetrorchis
- Vampyrocrossota
- Voragonema Naumov, 1971[1]
References
- ↑ Lindsay, Dhugal & Francesc Pagès. "Voragonema tatsunoko (Trachymedusae: Rhopalonematidae) a new species of benthopelagic medusa, host to the hyperiid amphipod Mimonectes spandli (Physosomata: Mimonectidae)." Zootaxa 2671 (2010): 31-39.
- Schuchert, Peter (2005): The Hydrozoa Directory - Order Trachymedusae Haeckel, 1879. Retrieved on 4 November 2008.
- Schuchert, P. (2011). Rhopalonematidae. In: Schuchert, P. World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2011-07-05
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